Keywords: City halls
Item 148242
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-05 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 66288
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bath Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 57058
Owner in 1924: Maurice J. Mitchell Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 57059
Owner in 1924: Harriet L. Blake Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 151492
Biddeford City Building, Biddeford, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1898
Location: Biddeford
Client: City of Biddeford
Architect: John Calvin Stevens
This record contains 25 images.
Item 151018
Preliminary Sketches for Changes in Town Hall, Freeport, 1920-1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1930 Location: Freeport Client: Freeport Town Hall Architect: Poor & Thomas
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"The City Hall earlier provided a home for many of the City of Bath's offices. It housed the offices of the city clerk, the treasurer, the mayor, and…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building
"The Old City Hall narrowly escaped destruction in the fire of 1894 which destroyed all of that block of Centre Street east to Front Street."
Story
Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark
Story
Don Bisson - Living his convictions
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Returning after a career in New York City, Don has dedicated his life to addressing food insecurity.
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
